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Auction date Tuesday 27 September 2022 13:00 - 16:00 BST

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Members of the Royal Automobile Club on London's historic Pall Mall, London, may recognise an impressive bronze fountain figure of Ondine by popular sculptor Alexandra Beale, which is now becoming available for sale due to the redesigning of the gardens. The fountain was commissioned and installed in 2008 by the RAC, which opened in 1911 and had been built by the fashionable architects Charles Mewès and Arthur Davis, who had already been lauded for the recently constructed Ritz hotels in Paris and London, and the interiors of some of the great ocean-going liners of the day. Ondine, a mythological figure of European tradition, was a water nymph or sprite who could become human only when she fell in love with a mortal man. However, if the mortal was unfaithful to her, he was destined to forfeit his life. It is estimated at £5,000 - £8,000

Further lots included in this auction are a lead cistern fountain, which was part of this year's gold medal winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. The garden had been designed by Chris Beardshaw, well-known from his long broadcasting career, which includes BBC 2's hit series Gardeners' World, Hidden Gardens and The Flying Gardener, and is another award in a line of many won by Chris Beardshaw Design. This garden was designed for the RNLI and the cistern is estimated at £3,500 - £5,000.

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The front cover features: Lot 19 Workshop of Bertel Thorwaldsen: An impressive and important suite o three carved white marble plaques probably 1830s, in bronze frames

£20,000-40,000

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
25	A Roman style mosaic and marble circular table top on Sienna marble column pedestal made up, possibly using ancient tesserae 133cm diameter	£2,000 - £3,000	£11,000	View
26	A monumental carved stone stone dragon on associated base 240cm high by 196cm long overall This powerful piece was carved in the last 20 years and was on display at the Forest of Dean Heritage Centre.	£10,000 - £15,000	£10,000	View
27	A carved granite Kasuge lantern Japanese Meiji period 180cm high by 55cm square	£2,000 - £4,000	£2,000	View
28	A pair of Val d' Osne foundry cast iron urns last quarter 19th century Stamped Val d'Osne the Urns 49cm high, 47cm wide, 40cm deep on faux marble painted wooden pedestals 81cm high, 41cm square	£2,500 - £4,000	-	View
29	A rare Ducel foundry cast iron seat mid 19th century the front apron stamped Ducel Fils, Rue des A***r, Paris, facit 156cm long	£1,200 - £1,800	-	View
30	A Coalbrookdale Fern and Blackberry pattern cast iron seat circa 1870 maker's marks possibly obscured by paint 153cm long see engraving	£1,200 - £1,800	£1,250	View
31	A pair of Coalbrookdale cast iron Fern and Blackberry chairs circa 1870 makers marks possibly obscured by paint see engraving	£800 - £1,200	£1,200	View
32	A pair of Coalbrookdale Fern and Blackberry pattern cast iron chairs last quarter of 19th century each back with diamond registration stamp and number see engraving	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,700	View
33	A similar pair of Coalbrookdale Fern and Blackberry pattern cast iron chairs last quarter of 19th century each back with diamond registration stamp and number foundry marks possibly obscured by paint see engraving	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,700	View
34	A rare Coalbrookdale passion flower pattern cast iron seat circa 1870 with registration stamp, others possibly obscured by paint 107cm long See engraving	£3,000 - £5,000	£3,600	View
35	An extremely rare Coalbrookdale Midsummer Night's Dream pattern cast iron seat circa 1870 fully stamped ‘CB Dale Co.’ and with pattern and registration numbers 164cm long See engraving	£1,500 - £2,500	£3,000	View
36	Coalbrookdale hall stand stamped Coalbrookdale each section with diamond registration 203cm high by 76cm wide by 35cm deep	£1,200 - £1,800	£1,300	View
37	A pair of Handyside foundry cast iron urns 2nd half 19th century 78cm high See engraving	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,000	View
38	A strap work wrought iron games seat 19th century incorporating wheels at one end and hinged footrest 153cm long	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,600	View
39	A reeded wrought iron seat 19th century 160cm long	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,600	View
40	A substantial pair of stoneware lidded urns circa 1870 137cm high by 58cm wide	£2,500 - £4,000	£2,500	View
41	An unusual carved stone seat circa 1900 101cm long	£1,000 - £1,500	-	View
42	A similar unusual carved stone seat circa 1900 101cm long	£1,000 - £1,500	-	View
43	▲ Alexandra Beale (ARR applies) An impressive bronze fountain figure of Ondine in a tiered zinc pool surround designed by R.K. Alliston, removed from the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London 270cm high overall, 190cm square…	£5,000 - £8,000	£7,000	View
44	Horace Montford A song to Demeter Bronze Signed H Montford, sc. 72cm high See link for full footnote	£1,000 - £1,500	£900	View
45	Eneri Prosperi: An Henri studio life bronze of children standing on a tree trunk 1970s stamped Bronze Elite by Henri weathered green patination 230cm high	£6,000 - £10,000	£8,000	View
46	Eneri Prosperi: A Henri studio bronze group of two children on a working seesaw stamped Bronze Elite by Henri 180cm long 155cm high see footnote to lot 45	£3,000 - £5,000	£3,000	View
47	Eneri Prosperi: An Henri Studio bronze group of children playing inside pipe sections stamped Bronze Elite by Henri 100cm high by 175cm long See footnote to lot 45	£6,000 - £10,000	£9,000	View
48	Two bronzes of children on stepping stones stamped Leonardo Rossi the larger 137cm high	£3,000 - £5,000	£3,000	View

Total lots: 70

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